Example sentences of "[noun] [be] [v-ing] [noun] [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | STREET TERROR : Muggers are making £13 million |
| 2 | In this exclusive competition , PR sprays are offering readers six complete kits of fitness , injury and cure equipment . |
| 3 | It was estimated that families in Easthall were paying £1 million between them each year heating the sky above Glasgow because as soon as they turned on the heat , it went straight out their windows and walls . |
| 4 | Friday 's charity meeting at Sunderland is expected to raise £2,000 for the Samaritans and The Northern Echo is sponsoring race seven . |
| 5 | On Sept. 14 it was reported that Pakistan was seeking $500 million from several Western governments to help offset the $1,000 million in additional costs caused by the loss of remittances from Pakistani workers in Kuwait and Iraq and by a rising oil bill . |
| 6 | The Washington-based newsletter Defence Week reported in April 1989 that the US administration was seeking USdollars 7,000,000 in the 1990 financial year and a further dollars 27,700,000 in 1991 for the development of " incapacitating chemical material " . |
| 7 | To tackle these and other problems , the water companies are investing £28 billion in the next nine years . |
| 8 | Does the Prime Minister recognise that , because of privatisation , the water companies are spending £28 billion on improving water quality , including schemes in west Norfolk to upgrade drinking water and clean up our beaches ? |
| 9 | An increased demand for labour means that mining companies are paying Indians 20 times the normal daily rate . |
| 10 | BRITISH Telecom is putting £3 million a week in Scotland every week , its chairman , Iain Vallance , told the London dinner of Scottish Financial Enterprise last night . |
| 11 | Stress at work is costing industry billions . |
| 12 | Tomorrow , IBM is launching OS/2 2.0 , the new version of its OS/2 operating software for personal computers . |
| 13 | THE Chancellor is ploughing £4 billion into industry to help pull it out of the doldrums . |
| 14 | The consortium is seeking $5.2 million from the Department of Energy for the research and for structural alterations to SSRL involving the addition of two beam-lines . |
| 15 | A group headed by Chevron and Conoco is investing £2 billion in developing the difficult Britannia complex ; an Amoco-led consortium is spending £1.5 billion on the Everest and Lomond fields and the new pipeline ; and the new Armada project is provisionally estimated by County NatWest Woodmac to involve investment of almost £800m . |
| 16 | SunSelect is pricing PC-NFS 4.0 at $4,415 for one user , $90 for an upgrade , but under a special 90-day promotion five seats will run to $25 a seat , 25 seats to $20 a seat and a site license at roughly $13 a seat . |
| 17 | Until the last minute Gould was dealing orders nineteen-to-the-dozen . |
| 18 | Sealants Adhesives and Coatings also had to have the paint , originally designed for use on military truck exteriors , adjusted to provide a satisfactory finish on the composite while still meeting the MoD 's demanding DEF-STAN 80–41 criterion . |
| 19 | LOVELESS Michael Jackson is spending £57 million on a giant wedding chapel in gambling capital Las Vegas . |
| 20 | The use of information technology to keep tabs on truants is receiving particular encouragement south of the Border , where the Department for Education is putting £8.6 million into stepping up the fight against truancy , while Scottish Office research has put emphasis on identifying the varied causes . |
| 21 | Browndown Beach 0900 hours almost to the minute , and RFA Sir Percivale is dropping anchor 400 yards offshore . |
| 22 | I am pleased also to tell the House that the United Kingdom is sending £20 million worth of animal feed aid to St. Petersburg so that livestock need not be slaughtered this winter . |
| 23 | Since Philip was challenging Henry II 's right to hold Alice , Brittany and the Vexin it was up to him to take the initiative . |
| 24 | Why ca n't some of these blokes be earning £1 million a year like snooker players ? |
| 25 | The other two patients are awaiting surgery seven and 12 months after endoprosthesis insertion . |
| 26 | The Pittsburgh Pirates were leading Detroit 4–3 in the 1909 Baseball World Series and only minutes remained in the game . |
| 27 | Seven years ago the yards were losing £45 million a year . |
| 28 | Kingfisher is raising £155 million from the first call of 225p a share on a one-for-seven rights issue , with another 225p payable at the company 's discretion . |
| 29 | If an oscilloscope is available , check that a signal is reaching pin 3 of IC1 when a sound is directed into the microphone . |
| 30 | A group headed by Chevron and Conoco is investing £2 billion in developing the difficult Britannia complex ; an Amoco-led consortium is spending £1.5 billion on the Everest and Lomond fields and the new pipeline ; and the new Armada project is provisionally estimated by County NatWest Woodmac to involve investment of almost £800m . |